Perforating and binding machine for letter-sheets.



W. J. MORTON. PERFORMING AND BINDING MACHlNE FOR LETTER sums.

Patented May 7, 1918;

4 snzns-sncn 1 APPLICATION FILED JUNE 30, 1914. 1,265,238.

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PERFORATING AND BINDING MACHINE FOR LETTER SHEETS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 30 IBM.

Patented May 7 1918. 4 swans-sun 2.

WITNESSES:

my J W A TTOR Y.

W. J. MORTON.

I PERFORMING AND BINDING MACHINE FOR Lima SHEETS.

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W.-J. MORTON. PERFORMING AND BINDING MACHINE FOR LETTER SHEETS.

APPLICATION FIL'ED JUNE 30, 1914. 1,265,238. Patented May 7,1918.

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MY/Mrr/ J Mar/0m BY 17% UNITED STATES PATENT onn 10E, 1

WILLIAM J. MORTON, or sr. LOUIS. MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNEASSIGNMENTS, TO McBEE BINDER COMPANY, or ATHENS, OHIO, A CORPORATION or01:10.

PERFORATIN G AND BIN DING MACHINE FOR LETTER-SHEETS.

Patented May 7, 1918.

Application filed June 30, 1914. Serial No. 848,187.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM J. MORTON, a citizen of the United States,residing at city of St. Louis, State of Missouri, have inventedacertainnew anduseful Improvement in Perforating and Binding Machines forLetter-Sheets, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertainsto make and use the-same, referencebeing had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which,

Figure 1 is a front elevation'al View of a perforating and bindingmachine of my improved construction. I

Fig. 2 is a rear elev'atlonal new of the machine.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the machine for letter sheets with portionsthereof broken away and in section in order to more clearly illustratecertain mechanism of the machine. 7 i

Fig. 4: 1s avertlcal sectlon taken approximately on the line 4.& of Fig.3, and showing the drills forming a part of the machine in loweredposition. Fig. 5 is an enlarged horizontal section taken approximatelyon the line 55 of Fig. 4. i

Fig. 6 is a detail view of one of the slotted cams or eccentricsutilized in raising and lowering the drills.

Fig. 7 is a plan view of a portion of the assembling box forming apart-0f the machine and showing the handle utilized for locking amovable portion of said box. I

My invention relates to newand-useful p p.

- part of my improved machine, and hereinafter more fully described.

improvements in machines utilized for perforating and binding paper orother sheets,

such for instance, as way-bills, checks and for the sheets, a portion ofwhich box'is' hinged so that it may be readily swung" downward into anout-of-the-way position while the perforated sheets are being engaged byparts of the binder; to provide simple means for clamping and rigidlyholding all of the sheets while the same are being perforated andengaged 'bythe binder; to

or sheet container;

provide simple means for simultaneously driving all of the drills orimplements utilized for perforatingthe sheets; to provide simple meansfor simultaneously raising and lowering all of the drills, and toprovide a machine of the character specified which is comparativelysimple in constructionand operation, inexpensive in manufacture,effective and reliable in use and possessing the capacity for effectinga material saving of time and labor in the operations incident to theperforating and binding of sheets.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, my invention consists incertain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts,hereinafter more fully described and claimed. p

Referring by numerals to the accompan) ing drawings, 10 designates thebase of the machine which is preferably in the form of s tegralwith orfixed to thefront edge of this i plate 13 is a vertical plate'orwall l4.

The parts 13and 14 form a member which issubstantially L-shape in crosssection and which forms the front wall and forward portion of the bottomof the assembling box- Formed throughthe plate 13 andnear-the wall 1-1is a series of apertures 15 which are adapted ,to accommodatedrillsforming a Pivotally mounted-on the underside of the table10immediate1y to' the rear of the central portion of the plate 13 is alever 16 provided on its forward endwith a handle 17 1 and formed on topof said lever isa rib or lug 18 which is adapted to engage beneatharib'l9'which latter is formed on the underside of the plate 13.

When the lever 16 is-swung around to one side as shown by dotted linesin Fig. 7, the L-shaped member comprising the parts 13 and '14 swingsdownward by gravity into the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 4:.thereby exposing the forwardportions of the sheets within the'assemblingbox or comsolid lines in Figs. & and 7, the lug 18 en gages beneath therib 19, thereby locking the L-shaped member in position as shown bysolid lines in Fig. at. I

Formed in the top of the table 10 and slightly to the rear 01 the frontedge thereof, is a longitudinally extending groove 20 which issubstantially of inverted T-shape in cross section and arranged to slidein said groove are the heads of upwardly projecting screws 21 whichcarry vertically disposed side plates 22. These screws receive wingednuts. 23, whereby saidscrews may be tightened to lock plates 22 in theiradjusted positions. These plates form the sides of the sembling box orcontainer of the machine, and by loosening the winged nuts 23; saidplates can be readily adjustedtoward and away from' each other as may berequired 1n S6.

Formed integral with or fixed to the uprights 12 is a verticallydisposed web or plate 24 and formed integral therewith is a series ofvertically disposed sleeves 25. Positioned on top of the web 24: andsleeves 25 is a suitable housing 26 in which is located the train ofgearing which operates thedrills forming a part of the machine.

Fitting snugly within each sleeve 25 is a sleeve 27 the same beingprovided with a vertically disposed row of teeth to form a.

rack 28, and formed in said sleeve is a vertically disposed groove 29 inwhich engages the inner end of a screw 30; which latter is seated in thelower portion of the corresponding sleeve Thus each sleeve 27 is held tomove vertically within its sleeve 25.

Mounted for rotation within each sleeve 27 is a spindle 31, the samebeing provided with a collar 32 which normally rests on top of thesleeve 27 and formed in the upper" portion of this spindle is avertically disposed groove 33.

Formed on or fixed to the lower end of each spindle is a socket 34 inwhich is removably seated the upper end of an ordinary twist drill 35. Asuitable ball-bearing 36 is arranged between the upper portion of thesocket 34:, and the lower end of the sleeve 27 Journaled in suitablebearings formed on the sleeves 25 is a horizontally disposed shaft 37provided on its left hand end with a hand wheel 38 and carried by saidshaft arepinions 39 which extend through suit.-

able apertures formed in the sleeves 25 and engage the racks 28 on thesleeves '27. This construction provides means for simultane onely. anduniformly raising and lowering,

The pinion 42 at the-right hand end of the train of gearing is carriedby the upper end of a vertically disposed shaft 4c3which operates in asuitable bearing 44: at the right hand end of th housing 26, and fixedon the lower end of this shaft is a beveled pinion 45.

Meshing with this last mentioned pinion is a beveled, pinion 46 which iscarried by the shaft of a motor 47, the latter being mounted upon a,suitable bracket on the right hand one of the uprights 12.

The train of gearing ust vides means for correspondmgly andumformlyrotating all of the drill carrying spindles 31. I

Formed on the inner faces of the lower described 2 pro- I portions ofthe uprights 12 are compara tively short vertically disposed ribs 48,and

arranged to slide freely thereupon are the ends of a horizontallydisposed clamping bar 4:9. I

Journaled in suitable bearings on the uprights vl2 above the ribs 48 isa shaft 50 on the left hand end of which is fixed-a hand wheel 51.Rigidly -fix ed on this shaft is a eccentric with respect to the shaft50. I y Formed on or fixed to the bar ia-are pairsof ears 54 and seatedtherein are pins ing bar l and locking the same when it is moveddownward to clamp a pile of sheets in the assembling box.

- pair of segmental plates 52 in each of which is formed a curved slot53 the same being 55 which pass through the eccentric slots Theoperation of my improved machine I is as follows;

The hinged member comprising the plate 13 and wall l lis swung upward tothe position shown in Fig. 4, said part being locked in its position bymeans of the lever 16. The sheets are now piled on the table 10 and theplat 13 with their edges at one side against the plate 14:.

It will be understood that the plates 22 which form the ends of theassembling bOX can be adjusted toward or away from each other tocorrespond with the length of the sheets placed in themachine. r

-When the pile of sheets has been completed andit is desired toperforate the same in order that they may be bound, an operator 1manipiilates hand-wheel therebyervings,

ing the plates 52 downward and conse I quently moving the clamping bar49 downward by reason of the engagement of the pins 55 in theeccentric-slots 58, and this movement causes the bar 49 to engage andbear with conslderable pressure on top of p the pile of sheets.

The motor 47 is now operated, and as a result, rotary motion is impartedto shaft 43 and by reason of the train of gearing comprising the pinions40 and 42, within the housing 26, all of the spindles 31 arecorrespondingly and uniformly driven. I

It will be understood thatall of the sleeves 27 carrying the drillspindles 31are normally at their upper limit of movement, and thus thepoints of the drills are normally positioned in a plane slightly abovethe plane occupied by the top of the plate 14s The operator nowmanipulates hand wheel 38 to rotate shaft 37, thereby causing thepinions 39 to engage the racks 28, thus moving the sleeves 27 downward,and as a result all of the drill carrying spindles 31 are likewise moveddownward during which time said drill spindles are being rotated by theaction of the gearing within the housin :26. Thus, the drills 35 carriedby the lower ends of the drill spindles are caused to move downwardthrough the pile of sheets positioned on the table, and as a result, aseries of apertures are quickly formed through said pile of sheets inone edge thereof.

As the lower ends of the drills reach their lower limit of movement,they pass through the apertures 15 in the plate 13. As soon as thedrilling operation has been completed, the'operator manipulates handwheel 38 to bring about a reverse or elevating movement of the sleeves27, and the drill spindles car ried thereby, and when the drills havebeen wholly withdrawn from the pile of sheets the operator swings thelever 16 to one side, thereby permitting the front portion of theassembling box to swing downward as shown by dotted lines inFig. 4, andthe prongs or binding members of a suitable temporary or permanentbinder (not shown) can now be inserted through the apertures, therebyeasily and quickly binding the entire pile of sheets. As soonas'thisoperation has been completed, the operator manipulates the hand wheel 51to elevate the clamping bar 49 and the bound sheets cannow be removedfrom the machine.

A perforating and binding machine of I my improved construction iscomparatively simple, can be easily operated and provides simple meanswhereby a series of apertures can be readily formed in a pile of sheetsof paper or the like.

on said frame, a housing on said frame above said bearings, sleevesarranged for sliding movement in said bearings, each sleeve beingprovided with a vertically disposed groove, a set screw seated in eachbearing, the inner end of which set screw engages in the groove of thecorresponding sleeve, each sleeve being provided with a row of teeth,spindles loosely mounted in said sleeves, the upper portions of all ofwhich spindles extend upward through the housing, a series of connectedpinions arranged within the housing and splined upon the g 'spindles'foroperating the same, drills carried by the lower ends of said spindles, a

horizontally disposed shaft mounted for rotation on the frame in frontof the bearings, and pinions carried by said shaft, which pinions meshwith the teeth on the sleeves.

2.1111 a machine of the class described, a

' support for sheets to be perforated, a frame above said support, aseries of vertically disposed bearings formed on said frame, a

housing on said. frame above the bearings,

sleeves arranged for sliding movement in said bearings, each sleevebeing provided with a vertically disposed groove, a set 1 screw seatedineach bearing, the inner end of which setscrew engages in the groove ofthe corresponding sleeve, spindles loosely mounted'in said sleeves theupper portions of all of which spindles extend upward through thehousing, a series of connected 1111110113 arranged within the housingand splined upon the spindles for operating the same, drills carried bythe lower ends of said spindles, means for simultaneously raising orlowering all of the sleeves and parts carried thereby, and means fordriving the series of connected pinions.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses, this 25th day of June, 1914.

, WILLIAM J. MORTON. Witnesses:

M. P. SMITH,

M. A. HANDEL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, layaddresslng the "Commissioner of Patents.

. 7 Washington, D. 0.

